International Conference on Changing Contours of Women©s Paid and Unpaid Work jointly organised by School of Management and Labour Studies & School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai In partnership with International Conference on Changing Contours of Women's Paid and Unpaid Work BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Jointly organised by School of Management and Labour Studies & School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai In Partnership with ActionAid Association (AAA), Citizens' Rights Collective (CiRiC), European Commission (EC), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), UNI-APRO, International Centre For Development and Decent Work (ICDD), German Academic Exchange (DAAD), Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Excellent Centre For Exchange And Development (EXCEED), Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil Corporation of India Patron Prof Shalini Bharat Deans Prof Sasmita Palo School of Management and Labour Studies- Prof Ritambhara Hebbar -School of Development Studies- Prof Vibhuti Patel- Convener Dr. Nandita Mondal- Co-Convener Ms. Ayatakshee Sarkar- Program Coordinator Organizing Committee School of Management and School of Development Studies Labour Studies Prof. Sasmita Palo (Dean) Prof Ritambhara Hebbar (Dean) Prof. Bino Paul Prof Vibhuti N. Patel Dr. Sharad T. Sawant Prof Nishi Mitra Prof. Samapti Guha Prof R. Ramakumar Dr. Sarala Rao Prof. Meena Gopal Dr. Varsha Ayyar Dr. Sandya Iyer Dr. Unmesh Patnaik Dr Bindhulakshmi P Dr. Nandita Mondal Dr Aardra Surendran Dr Aman Jageshwar Borkar Dr Gopinath P Dr. Johnson Minz Dr. Sujatha Deverapalli Zafar Khan Pathan Dr. Sujata Chavan Dr. Asha Achutan Prof. Christoph Scherrer Ms. Sangita Thosar Executive Director Ms. Sashikala Mudgal International Centre for Development Ms. Laxmi Banjan and Decent Work Mr. Vishal Kamble University of Kassel, Germany Editorial Assistants for Book of Abstracts: Ayatakshee Sarkar, Anantika Mehra, Aastha Kumar, Utpal Gore Administrative Support : Manali Patil, Book of Abstracts (design): Mr Vishal Kamble Contents Foreword i Acknowledgements iii Introduction v Schedule xv List of Paper Contributors No. Title Author Page no. 1. Outsourcing Maternity? Women, Labour, and Aishwarya Chandran 1 Surrogacy 2. The Contribution of Women in the Development of Akhil Kumar Gupta 7 Railway in British India: A Historical Feminist Analysis (1853 A.D. - 1947 A.D.) 3. Existential Struggles of Women Engaged in Informal Alolika Mangal 8 Sectors –An Appraisal from the Perspectives of Gender Inequality Prevailing in Kolkata 4. Women’s Working World: A Mirror to their World Amita Sahaya 11 5. Civil Society Responses to Livelihood Deficits of Angela D. Akorsu 17 Women Smallholder Farmers in Ghana 6. Women’s Struggle in Trade Unions In Banking Ms. Anjali Bedekar, 21 Industry in India 7. Nature and Forms of Discrimination Experienced by Anuradha Banerjee 26 Dalit Women in Urban Labour Market in Delhi 8. The Curious Case of Returning Mothers: A AparnaVarma& 34 Phenomenological Enquiry into the Lived Experiences Rahul Sivarajan, of Working New Mothers 9. Role of Transport Infrastructure on Female Work Apoorva Shukla & 40 Participation and Shifting from Agricultural to Non- Dr. Reshmi R. S. Agricultural Sector No. Title Author Page no. 10. Ignorance of Women’s Role in Pastoral Economy: Arati Kade 48 Condition of Pastoral Women in Maharashtra 11. Women in Mining Asanda Benya, 49 12. An Empirical Investigation on the Role of Gender Ayatakshee Sarkar & 50 Influencing Nonviolence (NV) Behaviour at the Prof. Sasmita Palo Workplace 13. Marginalization of Women in Agriculture and Allied Binay Tudu &Mr. 54 Activities: A study on Santhal Women in Santhal Binit Lakra Pargana, Jharkhand 14. Century Long Women’s Movement in Nepal Binda Pandey 58 15. Domestic Workers in the Informal Sector: A Case B. Srinivasu & 60 Study of Delhi (NCR) Manvi Aggarwal 16. Women and Trade Union Ceena Paul 61 17. Exploring Livelihood & Support Strategies for Unpaid Ms. Celin Thomas 68 Care Work by Indian Women 18. Self-Confidence of Professional Women and Their Dr. Chayanika Singh 72 Business-Bloom 19. Women in the Bahrain Financial Sector: Opportunities, Dr. Chitra Sinha 77 Challenges and Strategic Choices 20. The Current Reorganisation of Social Reproduction, Christa Wichterich 79 Care Extractivism and Care Struggles: A Topical Perspective from Europe 21. Policy Communities’ Gender Knowledge on Women in Christoph Scherrer 84 Agriculture 22. Gender, Migration and Work: Lived experience of Debanita Biswas 86 women migrant as home based worker in informal economy of Mumbai 23. Women in Global Production System : Conditions of Debdulal Saha 91 Farm Labour in Tea Plantation 24. Social Framework Analyses of Organizational Role Dr. Deepmala 92 Stress among Working Women in India Baghel No. Title Author Page no. 25. Professionalism Gendered! Diana Thomas 96 26. Rise In Unpaid Domestic Work Drives The Decline In Dr. Diya Dutta 98 Labour Force Participation Of Women In India—A Field Study 27. Women in Corporate: as Workers, Staff and Gaurangi Kaushik 103 Management Cadre 28. Intersectionality and Unpaid Rural Female Labour: A Ishita Mukhopadhya 108 Study from Unit level NSSO Employment & Sanghamitra Unemployment Data Bhaduri Kanjilal 29. Married Women in Urban Workforce in India: Insights Jyoti Thakur 112 from NSSO DATA 30. Women Gender and Livelihood in Post Cocoon Kanchan Thomasina 120 Activity: Understanding Patriarchal Construction in Ekka Raigarh, Chhatisgarh 31. Women’s Paid Work as a Bubble of Empowerment: A Kaniska Singh & 124 Case Study of a Social Enterprise Working with Asfia Jamal Women Artisans 32. Women in Urban Formal and Informal Labour – A Karan Peer 128 Study of Garment Industry in Bengaluru 33. Paid and Unpaid Works in the Agriculture Sector by Karuppasamy M. 134 Caste: A Study on a Rural Area in Tamilnadu 34. Women in the Workforce and Criminal Justice Kavita Chohan 139 35. Maternity Protection and Policy Deficiencies: Recent Lakshmi Lingam & 141 Evidences from India Rahul Suresh Sapkal 36. A Critical Interrogation of The Role Of Self-Help Lavanya 145 Groups In Securing Livelihoods And The Shanbhogue Arvind Rehabilitation Of Former Devadasis In Belgaum District Of Karnataka 37. HRD Programs And Women Executives: Are The Liji James 149 Current HRD Initiatives Right For Women Executives? 38. Influence of Organizational Commitment and Lima Raj & Dr. K. 152 Subjective Well-Being on Work Engagement of Nurses Manikandan No. Title Author Page no. 39. From Zari Work To Zero Work- Unraveling The Crisis Malinee Mukherjee 153 Of The Invisible Crafts Women Of The Zari Hub Of Bauria Area Of West Bengal 40. Young Women Workers in Textile and Garment Prof. N.Manimekalai 160 Sectors - A Global Concern 41. Unorganized Women Workers and Cooperative Dr. Medha Purao 164 Movement Samant 42. The Labour Side of the Story: Informalization and New Meera Velayudhan 167 Forms of Mobilizationof Women Workers 43. Collective Action and theory of Change Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad 178 A Case Study of Two Largest Women Producers Malla Collectives of India 44. Does Gender Equality Invigorate the Growth and Dr. Neha Tomar & 179 Development in India? :Evidence from Worldwide Dr. Seema Singh Studies 45. Childcare and Employment Experiences of Young Neha Wadhwa 183 Mothers in Public and Private Sectors: Case Studies from New Delhi 46. Women and Forest: Understanding the Changing Nikita Mishra 188 Gender Relation among the Kondhs in Odisha 47. Invisible Cottage Industries in North East India: Padmini Sharma 193 Brewing Rice Beer as a Source of Livelihood among Women in Urban Informal Labour 48. Economic Empowerment of Women and the Criminal Dr. Paramita 197 Justice Delivery System in India Majumdar 49. Gaay Leke Jane Vali Auratein – Begging or Caste- Pournima Arvel 199 Based Urban Occupations? 50. Paid and Unpaid Work of Dalit Women in Mumbai and Pratibha Kamble 200 Pune 51. Securing Women Workers' Rights at Workplace Pravin Sinha 203 52. Women, Work and Empowerment: A Case Study of the Priyanka Dwivedi 205 IT Sector No. Title Author Page no. 53. Breaking Boundaries- Women In The Non-Traditional Radhika Uppal & 209 Sector Amrita Gupta 54. The Travails Of Doing Business On The Streets Of Rama Ramaswamy 213 Aizawl: A Gendered Perspective 55. Socio-Economic Exclusion and Discrimination Of Ravi A Gajbhiye & 215 Women In Domestic Work And Sanitation Work Kavita Chohan (Scavenging) 56. The Precarity among Women Workforce in Handloom Reshmi 217 Sector at Sualkuchi, Assam 57. Women In Workplace: Gender Issues Ms Ruby Ahluwalia 219 58. Gender Inclusion and Information Technology Industry Dr. Ruby Ojha 221 59. Understanding Perceptions and Experiences of Ms. Rupali Sakpal 228 Aspiring Teachers: A Comparative study between D.Ed. and B.Ed students 60. Work, Domesticity and Domestic Workers: Recent Samita Sen 229 Developments in Kolkata 61. Workplace Discrimination Against Women in the Sampriti Biswas 232 Formal Sector: Bias in the Quality of Work in the Metropolitan Cities of India 62. Making Visible the Invisible: Women Artists and Saptam Patel 235 Herstory 63. Feminization of Low Paid Work – Condition of Seemi Zafar 239 Grassroots Workers in the Health Sector 64. Exploring Perpetrators’ Motives of Sexual Harassment Ms. Selvi Nadar & 242 at Workplace: Seeing and Understanding Things Prof. Sasmita Palo through the Victims’ and Observers’ Lenses 65. Social Security Schemes in India for the Informal Shanti Neela 246 Sector with Special Reference to the Urban Female Domestic Worker 66. A Study